Assam recently launched a crackdown on child marriage in the State. However, the action has left many young girls, including mothers, in distress. In the drive against child marriage in the State, the police had till recently arrested 2,258 people, including Hindu and Muslim priests who conducted such weddings. The police said they have identified around 8,000 accused in connection with such cases...

A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southeast Turkey and Syria early on Monday, killing over 4,000 people in both countries. Authorities feared the death toll from the earthquake and aftershocks would keep climbing as rescuers looked for survivors among tangles of metal and concrete spread across the region beset by Syria’s 12-year civil war and refugee crisis. Tens of thousands who were left homeless...

After 135 days on the road, the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra ended in Srinagar, on the Mahatma’s death anniversary, with several Opposition leaders attending the unfurling of the tricolour. The yatra’s objective was to emphasise the contrast between the party’s vision for India, built on its slogan of “unity in diversity”, and the Hindutva ideology of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

🎈Jallikattu events are currently being held across Tamil Nadu. The bull taming sport is believed to be at least 2,000 years old, and integral to the celebration of Pongal in the south and central districts of Tamil Nadu, a veritable Jallikattu belt. 🎈Once played merely as a way to show off strength, and unimaginably so, a test of virility of the male youth in the belt, it soon evolved into a compe...

✨Joshimath, the gateway to famous pilgrimage sites like #Badrinath, #HemkundSahib and the international skiing destination #Auli, seems on the brink of a disaster. Joshimath is sinking gradually with huge cracks developing in its houses, roads and fields. Many houses have suffered subsidence, locals said. ✨Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on January 11 announced ₹1.5 lakh immediate c...

In a Cabinet decision on December 23, the Centre decided to provide 5 kg of free foodgrains per month for the 81 crore beneficiaries of the National Food Security Act during 2023, rather than charging them a subsidised amount of ₹3 a kg of rice, ₹2 a kg of wheat and ₹1 a kg of coarse cereal as is currently done.

As the holiday season coincides with #Winter in Kashmir, we take a look at how life looks in the Union Territory. From snowfall in some regions, to the frost-covered banks of #DalLake here is #Kashmir in pictures during Winter 2022. 📸 Nissar Ahmad

Scientists in the United Kingdom testing a new form of cancer therapy, reported success in a teenage girl, Alyssia, with a form of #cancer called T-cell acute lymphoblastic #leukaemia. Was the treatment a complete success? How does ‘base editing’ help in curing cancerous T-cells?

The #RBI launched the #digitalrupee on a pilot basis and will be offered by a select group of public and private #banks in a few major cities initially. But what is a digital rupee? Is there a need for it? What are the risks involved?

The 58th Raising Day parade of the Border Security Force was held in #Amritsar on December 5. The event was held at Guru Nanak Dev University, roughly 30 km from the India-Pakistan International Border that runs along #Punjab. The #BorderSecurityForce is the country's largest border guarding force with 2.65 lakh personnel. The #BSF was raised on December 1, 1965 and it is primarily tasked to guard...